Improved buckle



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

A. H. COLE, OF SYLVANIA, OHIO.

IMPROVED BUCKLE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 50,337. dated October10, 1865.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, A. H. COLE, of Sylvania, in the county of Lucas andState of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Buckles;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereot, which will enable others skilled in the art to makeand use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part vof this specitication.

The present invention relates more particularl y to buckles used for thetugs or trace-straps to the llames of harnesses for horses; and itconsists in a novel construction of the same, whereby the tugs can bebuckled and unbuckled with great readiness and with no trouble, and,besides, it is not'necessary to bend the straps in order to pass themthrough the buckles, the disadvantages ot which have been long apparent.

In accompanying plate of drawings my improved buckle is illustrated,Figure l being a side view of the same, showing it applied to a strap;Fig. 2, a central section taken in the direction of its length.

a c in the drawings represent the frame ot' the buckle, made of anysuitable metal and hung at one end, b, to and in the strap c, fastenedto the haine-collar of the harness, as with ordinary buckles. Throughthis frame a, and in the direction of its length, under the crossbars dandf of the same-one at the outer end and the other between it and theend hung in the hame-strap, as described-the tug or tracestrap g ispassed, and secured at any desired position by interlocking the prong hof the wedge-shape piece Z, with the proper aperture m thereof. Thiswedge l is placed under the middle or intermediate cross bar, f, of thebuckle, and is tightly wedged therein by pulling the trace with sufcientforce in the direction represented by red arrows in Fig. 2, as isobvious without further explanation, thus secu rely holding the tug ortrace, to release which it is only necessary to give it a sudden andquick pull in the opposite direction, when the tongue or prong h isthrown outor disengaged from the strap, as shown in red lines in Fig. 2.

From the above description it `is evident that by my construction of thebuckle the greater the horse pulls or strains the tugs the tighter thewedge is made to hold them; and that, furthermore, it is not necessaryto bend the strap in passing it through it. The inconvenience anddisadvantage, as well as destruct tive effects upon the leather, havebeen long known, as before remarked, and desired to be obviated. I

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentrlhe combination,with the buckle-frame a, of the wed ge-shaped piece or tongue l,arranged together and operating substantially in the manner described.

The above speciication of my invention signed by me this 13th day ofJuly, 1865.

A. H. COLE. Witnesses:

ALBERT W. BROWN, M. M. LIVINGSTON.

